Because Li Jianhui deliberately kept a low profile, he rarely attended such press conferences in person in the past two years. In addition, he is currently at the center of public opinion, and hundreds of media came to attend the press conference.
The three major TV stations, Jiayi, Kowloon and East Asia, will broadcast live, while Sun Hung, Far East, China Television, Tokyo, Sin Chew, NBC and other TV stations will record and broadcast.
With the arrival of Li Jianhui and Su Jiangting, the scene became quiet.
"Thank you very much for coming to attend one of my personal press conferences. First of all, I will respond to the recent public opinion.
We all know that since 1980, Forbes has published the rich list five times in a row, basically once a year.
The previous few times were fairly fair and they were all ranked based on personal assets, and I was lucky enough to be ranked first twice.
But this ranking is obviously unfair. Others are personal assets, but I am a family asset.
As everyone knows, I myself have never denied that Xinhui Fund is the family fund that I founded the Li family.
As for Forbes's assessment of the assets they own, I won't comment. Enterprises such as Huahong and Phoenix are listed companies, and their market values are there.
As for Xinjian Holdings, everyone is familiar with the companies it owns. Currently, only Xinjian Bank is a listed company, and its current market value has reached more than 150 billion Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, there is no exact valuation of the market value of those companies. The bullish assessment will naturally be higher, and the bearish assessment will naturally be lower. There is no need to argue about detailed data.
In my opinion, no matter what criteria Forbes uses to rank, I am not qualified to be at the top.
When it comes to personal assets, I can’t even get into the top 50.
If we rank them in terms of family assets, they are also those famous families, such as Rockefeller, Morgan, DuPont, Mellon, etc. Each of these families has dozens of times as much assets as I do, and the assets they control are hundreds of times as much as mine.
Although I have been legendary enough in the past few years, the development of Xinjian Li family's industry can also be described as riding a rocket.
But compared with these families that have been around for hundreds of years, they are still very weak. You must know that these families were already famous in the world at the beginning of the century, and their assets were already as rich as the country. No one knows how much assets they have now.
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These reporters were not surprised by Li Jianhui's involvement in the American family. Ever since Li Jianhui's rise, he has not been very happy with American capital.
Although the United States is known as the world's largest market, Xinjian-related companies have never paid much attention to it, and have become accustomed to increased tariffs in the face of pressure from U.S. capital and government.
The release of the Forbes rich list this time, in the opinion of many people, will push the battle between the Donghua Group and the American Group to a new level.
When it was the reporter's turn to ask questions, a reporter from Jiayi Daily said: "Li Sheng, according to rumors, this time Forbes breaks the rules and publishes this edition of the rich list because there are some American capitals behind it. I don't know who you are.
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"Everyone knows that since the 1980s, our Xiangjiang semiconductor computer hardware and software industry has developed extremely rapidly, and its products are also popular in many markets around the world.
This will inevitably affect the interests of some forces, especially the interests of American capital, which is known as the land of Silicon Valley.
But please rest assured that no matter what storm we face, I will continue to promote the development of high-tech industries in Xiangjiang and compete with all parties on a global scale. In this industry, we in Xiangjiang can also have a say.
In addition, Forbes magazine is obviously unable to be fair. Therefore, in Hong Kong, the relatively neutral Xiangjiang Financial News will publish the world's richest list.
This list is designed to estimate personal wealth so that those who are self-made can enjoy their own glory.
As for the ranking of family assets, it is impossible to estimate this aspect, it is also quite inaccurate, and it is even more unnecessary.
After all, no one knows how many shares each company has, how many mansions it owns, and how many antiques it owns. There is no point in just making up a piece of blank paper.
In my opinion, whether it is a family or a so-called business consortium, these are not important. After all, no matter how rich you are, you cannot compare with the countries at the top.
The purpose of the rich list is not to publicize how rich these people are, but to inspire entrepreneurs so that they can have goals, strengthen their beliefs, and make their companies bigger and stronger.
In particular, we want to let those self-made entrepreneurs know that they can still succeed and become legends in the business world without having a good background or family to rely on."
The reporters present just listened. In their opinion, Li Jianhui's speech was completely chicken soup for the soul.
Li Jianhui is already a legend who started from scratch. At the beginning of his business, he still had the support of his father-in-law.
Not to mention seven years ago, it is now impossible for ordinary people to borrow 5 million Hong Kong dollars to start a business.
Look at these influential figures in Hong Kong, Li Guobao, his family has been among the top families in Hong Kong for hundreds of years. Lei Juekun's father also laid the foundation for him. When he took over the Lei family, the Lei family in Kowloon was already a well-known family in Hong Kong.
Zhang Guangwen, this is considered a self-made man, much more pure than Li Jianhui's self-made man, but the real rapid development of the family was after the rise of Li Jianhui.
Li Zhaoji, his father is a well-known figure in the business world. Three hundred years of Shunde Li family is not a slogan.
Li Chaoren's father-in-law is also a business tycoon. Without the support of his father-in-law, he would not be where he is today.
Zheng Yutong also has the support of his father-in-law, and Chow Tai Fook jewelry is his father-in-law's property.
As for the young generation of influential figures, except for Liu, who is self-made, it is difficult to find representative figures who can start from scratch.
And the more mature the market, the harder it is for people to start from scratch. There were still some opportunities in Hong Kong before the 1980s, but now it is getting harder and harder.
There may be elites from ordinary families who succeed in starting a business in the future and become a wealth myth for a generation, but there will definitely be powerful support behind this.
When it was the NBC reporter's turn to ask questions, Jian Qi said: "Mr. Li, we all know that the assets of Xinhui Fund are your assets, and there is nothing wrong with the calculation of Forbes' rich list.
You have repeatedly said that the Forbes Rich List should calculate this part of the assets, because you are afraid that this huge asset will be known to ordinary citizens, or there may be something wrong with this part of the assets, so you want to deliberately hide it.”
"I don't know how you could tell that I wanted to hide it deliberately. If I really wanted to hide it, Xinhui Fund would not hold so many shares.
What I mentioned today is that I hope that the rankings can always be based on the same principles. I have no objection if family assets are also calculated, but I cannot be the only one who is special.
I think the Morgan family is enough to rank first. If nothing else, IBM alone is enough to make me lag behind, let alone a giant like Morgan Financial Group. Compared with it, Xinjian Holdings is really a bit
Not worth mentioning.
Moreover, according to rumors, there are ten top-level consortiums in the United States, each of which controls assets as high as trillions of dollars, and some even control assets as high as tens of trillions of dollars. I don’t know whether it is true or not.”
The reporters present are very happy. They have countless topics for them to report today.
In the past, due to some default unspoken rules, it was basically impossible to report this. Now the rules have obviously been broken. If they don't seize this opportunity, they will be sorry for their current career.